diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fb81a19d61..287896f8ce 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -579,15 +579,8 @@ enable(){
     set_all yes $*
 }
 
-check_requested() {
-    for var; do
-        eval test "x\$${var#!}_requested" = "xyes" &&  die "${var%%_*} cannot be enabled"
-    done
-}
-
 disable(){
     set_all no $*
-    check_requested $*
 }
 
 enable_weak(){
@@ -638,32 +631,6 @@ enable_deep_weak(){
     done
 }
 
-do_enable_deep_force(){
-    for var; do
-        enabled $var && continue
-        eval sel="\$${var}_deps\ \$${var}_deps_any\ \$${var}_select\ \$${var}_suggest\ \$${var}_select_any"
-        pushvar var
-        enable_deep_force $sel
-        popvar var
-    done
-}
-
-enable_deep_force(){
-    do_enable_deep_force $*
-    for var; do
-        is_in $var $ALL_COMPONENTS $COMPONENT_LIST $LIBRARY_LIST && enable $var
-    done
-}
-
-request(){
-    disable $* # force the refresh of the dependencies
-    for var; do
-        enable ${var}_requested
-    done
-    enable_deep_force $*
-    enable $*
-}
-
 enabled(){
     test "${1#!}" = "$1" && op='=' || op=!=
     eval test "x\$${1#!}" $op "xyes"
@@ -723,7 +690,7 @@ do_check_deps(){
         append allopts $cfg
 
         eval dep_all="\$${cfg}_deps"
-        eval dep_any="\$${cfg}_deps_any\ \$${cfg}_select_any"
+        eval dep_any="\$${cfg}_deps_any"
         eval dep_sel="\$${cfg}_select"
         eval dep_sgs="\$${cfg}_suggest"
         eval dep_ifa="\$${cfg}_if"
@@ -2860,7 +2827,7 @@ tls_schannel_protocol_deps="schannel"
 tls_schannel_protocol_select="tcp_protocol"
 tls_securetransport_protocol_deps="securetransport"
 tls_securetransport_protocol_select="tcp_protocol"
-tls_protocol_select_any="tls_schannel_protocol tls_securetransport_protocol tls_gnutls_protocol tls_openssl_protocol"
+tls_protocol_deps_any="tls_schannel_protocol tls_securetransport_protocol tls_gnutls_protocol tls_openssl_protocol"
 udp_protocol_select="network"
 udplite_protocol_select="network"
 unix_protocol_deps="sys_un_h"
@@ -3047,7 +3014,10 @@ cpu="generic"
 intrinsics="none"
 
 # configurable options
+enable $PROGRAM_LIST
 enable $DOCUMENT_LIST
+enable $EXAMPLE_LIST
+enable $(filter_out avresample $LIBRARY_LIST)
 enable stripping
 
 enable asm
@@ -3168,6 +3138,12 @@ ALL_COMPONENTS="
     $PROTOCOL_LIST
 "
 
+for n in $COMPONENT_LIST; do
+    v=$(toupper ${n%s})_LIST
+    eval enable \$$v
+    eval ${n}_if_any="\$$v"
+done
+
 enable $ARCH_EXT_LIST
 
 die_unknown(){
@@ -3234,11 +3210,10 @@ for opt do
             disable $PROGRAM_LIST
         ;;
         --disable-everything)
-            map 'eval disable \${$(toupper ${v%s})_LIST}' $COMPONENT_LIST
-            enable_deep_force $(filter_out avresample $LIBRARY_LIST) $PROGRAM_LIST
+            map 'eval unset \${$(toupper ${v%s})_LIST}' $COMPONENT_LIST
         ;;
         --disable-all)
-            map 'eval disable \${$(toupper ${v%s})_LIST}' $COMPONENT_LIST
+            map 'eval unset \${$(toupper ${v%s})_LIST}' $COMPONENT_LIST
             disable $LIBRARY_LIST $PROGRAM_LIST doc
             enable avutil
         ;;
@@ -3255,7 +3230,6 @@ for opt do
             is_in "${thing}s" $COMPONENT_LIST || die_unknown "$opt"
             eval list=\$$(toupper $thing)_LIST
             name=$(echo "${optval}" | sed "s/,/_${thing}|/g")_${thing}
-            test $action = enable && action="request"
             list=$(filter "$name" $list)
             [ "$list" = "" ] && warn "Option $opt did not match anything"
             $action $list
@@ -3263,10 +3237,9 @@ for opt do
         --enable-?*|--disable-?*)
             eval $(echo "$opt" | sed 's/--/action=/;s/-/ option=/;s/-/_/g')
             if is_in $option $COMPONENT_LIST; then
-                test $action = enable && action="enable_deep_force"
+                test $action = disable && action=unset
                 eval $action \$$(toupper ${option%s})_LIST
             elif is_in $option $CMDLINE_SELECT; then
-                test $action = enable && action="request"
                 $action $option
             else
                 die_unknown $opt
@@ -3303,15 +3276,11 @@ done
 
 disabled logging && logfile=/dev/null
 
-# Enable the default components if not disabled explicitly
-
-enable_weak $(filter_out avresample $LIBRARY_LIST) $PROGRAM_LIST
-
 # Disable all the library-specific components if the library itself
 # is disabled, see AVCODEC_LIST and following _LIST variables.
 
 disable_components(){
-    disabled ${1} && disable_weak $(
+    disabled ${1} && disable $(
         eval components="\$$(toupper ${1})_COMPONENTS"
         map 'eval echo \${$(toupper ${v%s})_LIST}' $components
     )
@@ -3319,25 +3288,6 @@ disable_components(){
 
 map 'disable_components $v' $LIBRARY_LIST
 
-echo "# $0 $FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION" > $logfile
-
-# Mark components that had not been enabled/disabled explicitly
-# as enabled
-
-for n in $COMPONENT_LIST; do
-    v=$(toupper ${n%s})_LIST
-    eval enable_weak \$$v
-    eval ${n}_if_any="\$$v"
-done
-
-# Make so that disabled libraries are enabled if a component
-# of them is requested
-
-for n in $LIBRARY_LIST; do
-    v=$(toupper ${n})_COMPONENTS
-    eval ${n}_if_any="\$$v"
-done
-
 echo "# $0 $FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION" > $logfile
 set >> $logfile